On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 11:44 -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > On my /dev/hda I have the following: > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Mount > /dev/hda1 * 1 261 2096451 / > /dev/hda2 262 783 4192965 /var/log > /dev/hda3 784 1256 3799372+ <=== empty > /dev/hda4 1257 1583 2626627+ [extended] > /dev/hda5 1257 1517 2096451 /tmp > /dev/hda6 1518 1583 530113+ [swap] > > My problem is that when I originally set this machine up, I made the > mistake of allocating 2GiB for / and I have now run out of space twice. > So, since I have 3.6GiB available in that empty space (it used to be > another partition that I no longer need or use,) is there some way I can > combine or add that space to / without having to rebuild the machine? > Or am I just SOL? You can attempt to combine the partitions with GPARTED live CD, back up your HD first. You could make the partition a /usr partition and edit the /etc/fstab file to add the partition as the usr directory. You could also use the extra partition as /home or both. Best Regards, Keith -- BC246T TCL/TK Control & Program Tool http://home.comcast.net/~kilowattradio/ftp/ Salem, OR Ham, SWL & Scanner Radio Info & Freq http://home.comcast.net/~kilowattradio/
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